This year I am going to gear up on doing more just writing posts and not all reviews. I want life to slow down and I want to sit and take in all of 2015. This year I want to write more about what foster care is all about and I want to post more gardening posts and lost of things about essential oils and recipes I make with them. I also am getting a craft.office this year and I'll probably be filming the start and process of ti hopefully. Ill start out with a haul of my essential oils that i filmed a little while back and posted to youtube.

Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Most people would love to eat healthier. Whether you are
using a specific diet or just trying to make healthier choices, eating
healthier requires you to purchase healthier foods. Sometimes, this can be
difficult.

In order to truly eat healthy, it’s important that you
choose the healthiest ingredients. Choosing an apple over a bag of chips is a
great way to start, but choosing an apple that has been filled with unhealthy
preservatives may not be doing much more for your overall health and wellness.

Most people have started shopping at specialty stores in
order to ensure they get the freshest, most natural ingredients and foods.
While this is an option, you can still find healthy foods at your everyday
grocery store too.

Most grocery stores stock based on their bottom line.
Obviously, choosing to stock foods with preservatives is better for their
bottom line because A) it’s cheaper and B) these foods last much longer. But
you can still find plenty of healthy options at your local grocery store by
using the following tips.

Find the organic
section.

Most grocery stores today have come to realize that their
customers are interested in buying organic. For this reason, most stores have
added an organic section to their produce department, as well as other areas
throughout the store. Locate the organic section in your grocery store and do
all of your shopping from this section. This way, you can ensure that the foods
you eat are safe from preservatives and other unhealthy additives. Just keep in
mind that this section may include less items than what a specialty store may
carry, so if you’re looking for something other than organic apples and
lettuce, you may be out of luck.

Pay attention to product
labels.

If you don’t necessarily need to purchase organic, but you
want to make sure you’re buying healthy foods, be sure topay attention to the product labels. Most
products will call out their health and wellness benefits through stickers or
other callouts, such as fair trade, raised without antibiotics, non GMO, etc.

Talk with your
butcher.

If your grocery store has a butcher, have a conversation
with your butcher to find out which products are the healthiest. He or she
should know where their products come from, and they may even be able to
provide you with information regarding the pasteurization of certain products,
how animals were raised, or what the animals may have been fed. They will also
be willing to provide you with certain cuts of meat. So if you’re looking for a
filet instead of a T-bone, just ask.

Know the difference
between preservation processes.

In order to maintain a longer shelf life, food is preserved.
While some preservation methods are unhealthy due to unnatural chemicals and
additives, others are much healthier alternatives, like HPP. Choosing foods
based on healthierprocessing
services such as these can help ensure you receive the safest,
healthiest products from your local grocery store.

Wednesday, December 17, 2014

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What are you doing
to save energy during the winter time? If you’re cranking up the heat and seem
to be spending a lot of money it’s because you’re not using the earth’s energy
to your advantage. In addition to the earth’s energy there are other tips you
could be taking advantage of as well. Use energy preserving tips on a daily
basis and save energy and money. There are many actions you can take that are
very inexpensive that will result in you saving money throughout the winter and
beyond.

Monday, December 15, 2014

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Sunday, December 14, 2014

Here comes the most thrilling adventure in the history of Sofia the First! Watch Sofia and Amber join forces with special guest Rapunzel (voiced by Mandy Moore from Disney's "Tangled") as they embark on an adventure to defeat the evil Princess Ivy (voiced by Anna Camp "The Help," "Pitch Perfect") from turning the kingdom black-and-white in, SOFIA THE FIRST: THE CURSE OF PRINCESS IVYcoming to Disney DVD February 24th!This value packed DVD comes with three additional exciting episodes and a FREE exclusive color-changing butterfly necklace.

Typical home security methods, while effective, are
incredibly energy draining. Not only do these methods use an abundance of extra
electricity, in the case of old, non-energy efficient thermostats and water
heaters, they are actually harmful to the environment and pose other dangerous
risks.

Here are a few eco-friendly tips that can simultaneously
protect both your home and the environment:

Making the decision to go green is extremely popular with families all over the world today. Everyone wants to begin to do what they can to help protect the planet and create a better environment for the next generation. Parents, however, can more easily adopt the practices of green living than children can. Young children do not completely understand their impact on the environment, and older children might not care because they have not seen the effects that their actions can have on the environment.
Despite these obstacles, there are some really effective ways to encourage kids to recycle. Parents can use these methods to not only help their kids recycle more often, but also to help themselves recycle more often. These are simple methods that any family can utilize in order to ensure that everyone gets in as much recycling as they can every day. Here are six ways to encourage kids to recycle.

Join Jake and his friends as they battle Captain Hook to save Wendy’s storybook and the story of Peter Pan! Embark on a magical adventure with Jake and Captain Hook in JAKE AND THE NEVERLAND PIRATES: BATTLE FOR THE BOOKon Disney DVD January 6th!This DVD is value packed with four additional episodes and a FREEexclusive checker board bandana with gold coins fit for any aspiring young pirate!

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

While
the holidays are an exciting and joyous time for many, some people are unable
to enjoy them fully because of aches and pains caused by stress, chronic pain,
or just general muscle tension. Medications are available to help with the
pain, but they often just blanket the source of the problem instead of actually
fixing it. Many natural remedies exist that will help you get to the source of
the aches and pains, to hopefully work some of it out. Here are a few
suggestions that may help you get through the holidays with reduced pain, or
pain-free.